Originally Posted by Kontact

The material isn't temperamental, and the failure rate from the occasional bad weld is quite low. Do you think Litespeed or the Lynskeys would be around 31 years later if they were building that many warranty replacement frames?

You are much more likely to see your BB tube come loose in a Trek OCLV or your aluminum dropouts galvanically corrode in a Colnago than get a bad weld in a quality Ti frame. The failure rate is low.